Understanding Your Credit Report 🗒️

Learn what a credit report, common errors to look for, and how to dispute inaccuracies.

What we cover:

What is a credit report? (19:52-22:50)
What are FICO and credit bureaus? (22:51-23:55)
How do you pull your credit report?(27:00-27:40)
What are the various sections of a credit report? (27:41-47:31)
What are common credit report errors? (47:31-52:54)
How do you dispute a credit report error? (33:10-33:45)

"It was good to kickstart the report checking process, because now I know to keep this in mind in addition to remembering everything else!" -Sequin Woman

https://youtu.be/AvMq9hyWgFs

Offline materials available here:

Sequin - Understanding Your Credit Report.pdf

Next lesson: Credit Beyond Credit Cards: Mortgages, Auto Loans, and More

More About Sequin 💳

Sequin is on a mission to get women the credit we deserve for all of our lives' financial needs. We're also a community of empowered financial feminists who support each other through any and all financial questions.

We'd love for you to be involved!

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